Alexander Pope Quote

Thus let me live unseen unknown Thus unlamented let me die Steal from the world and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Alexander Pope

Thus let me live unseen unknown Thus unlamented let me die Steal from the world and not a stone Tell where I lie.

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About Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translations of Homer.
Pope is often quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine").